The COVID Diaries – 103 10th July
Stepping back from the coronavirus pandemic for a moment, there is the continuing saga of BREXIT. The virus was not something we planned for, but BREXIT was self inflicted, and negotiations with Europe don’t appear to be going very well.
Has the Tories’ plan always been to leave without a deal? Little England will rise from the European shackles in a ridiculous and dangerous belief that the glory days of Empire will return? Did their nannies never explain to these Eton boys that Britain no longer has an empire?
It might just be incompetence, but the prospect of a no deal exit from Europe looks very high, and the consequences as the full impact of COVID-19 hits our economy could be disastrous.